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30/07/2025

Good morning from Epcot! I just wrote the newly reimagined Test Track and am taking a coffee break now. Shout out the photo bomber in the back. Well done sir! Follow my day in my stories!

25/07/2025

Simply Perfect Vacations on the Disney Dream!

23/07/2025

Tacos x Margs x Beach. . . The best summer collab 🌮 🍹 🏖️

20/07/2025

I’m feeling very nostalgic today. Looking back at Emma’s music journey - from when she took the stage as a 4th grader at Union’s Got Talent to when she auditioned for America’s Got Talent to singing at the school talent show when she was in 5th grade to playing Miss Honey in Matilda to performing at Beatfest and Idyllwild….Emma’s path has been clear. She is one of the bravest people I know. Just so overwhelmed with love and pride and gratitude.

18/07/2025

So excited to announce that Emma will be going to the Idyllwild Arts Academy for her senior year of high school to continue her focus on songwriting. We are so extremely excited and grateful for this opportunity!

13/07/2025

If you are ever in Southern California I highly recommend taking a trip to Idyllwild. It’s about 2 hours from LA and San Diego and a little over an hour from Palm Springs. The Cahuilla Nation, who lived primarily in the Coachella Valley, would migrate to Idyllwild during the summers to escape the oppressive heat of the desert. Eventually, I think because of the California Gold Rush, European-Americans made their way to the area pushing the Cahuilla out. Homesteaders started coming to the area and eventually logging and tourism became part of its economy. In the 60s and 70s, there was an influx of hippies and in 1967 the Arts Academy opened. The town reflects its logging and arts history. It’s such a unique little place situated in the San Jacinto Mountains with stunning views that is a popular spot for hikers. I never would have known it existed if Emma hadn’t discovered the Arts Academy. It’s definitely worth a visit.

13/07/2025

Sunset in Idyllwild, CA

01/07/2025

13/06/2025

I wrote this when I was in HS and it was published in our literary magazine. I don’t remember the circumstances that inspired but I still deeply resonate with the message. Communication is extremely important to me. A lack of communication, silence, is something I struggle with. My values dictate that when I feel something, I communicate about it. When I communicate something, I expect communication in return. Silence, a non-response, is the loudest form of communication for me because it indicates indifference. I have had relationships end due to a lack of response.

I feel this way about issues of humanity and justice too. Silence in the face of oppression, subjugation, persecution and hate is something that I struggle with. Because again, it indicates indifference. I have been struggling lately not just because of what I have been witnessing in this world, but because of the silence of people. Two of my leading values are compassion and empathy. Indifference is at odds with those values. When people say hateful things, at least I know where they stand. When people are silent in the face of suffering, their indifference and apathy allow suffering to endure.

08/06/2025

It’s Pride in Maplewood today! 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

08/06/2025

Birthday dinner 🍜 🏮 🍝

07/06/2025

Officially in the last year of my 40’s! Happy birthday to me!